Full name Mohammad Younis Khan

Born November 29, 1977, Mardan, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

Major teams Pakistan, Habib Bank Limited, Nottinghamshire,Peshawar Cricket Association, Rajasthan Royals,South Australia, Surrey, Warwickshire, Yorkshire

Also known as Younus Khan

Playing role Middle-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium, Legbreak

One of Pakistan’s modern batting greats, Younis Khan is the kind of man who responds best in adversity. A Test average of over 50, a triple-hundred, a famous double-hundred against India in India, and a brilliant rearguard partnership to clinch Pakistan’s 3-0 Test whitewash over England, leave no doubt about his quality and class. He is also one of the most successful fielders for Pakistan, and can bowl respectable slow-medium. As a captain, Younis has enjoyed success in leading Pakistan to the world Twenty20 title in 2009. Much of his persona evokes the idea of the quintessential Pathan warrior – committed, inspired, capable, and bearing the burden of conflict with fortitude and poise. Born in Mardan, a prominent city in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Younis moved at an early age to Karachi, where he caught the eye of Rashid Latif and Saeed Anwar at Malir Gymkhana, one of the city’s renowned sports clubs. The relationship with Latif blossomed into a nurturing mentorship, guiding Younis towards entry onto the world stage. After two impressive domestic seasons, he got a Test call-up, and marked it with a century on debut. Style and aesthetics are not his strongest points.

His technique relies on a good deal of bottom hand, which deprives it of the fluidity and grace that is typical of Asia’s best batsmen. Yet when Younis gets going, he produces results in the face of steep odds. Indeed, the steeper the odds, the more Younis seems to thrive. His match-winning 267 and 84 not out in Bangalore came after a string of low scores prompted a sarcastic comment from the team manager that leaked into the media. His greatest captaincy feat – the world Twenty20 championship in England – was achieved weeks after Pakistan cricket had been devastated by the terror attacks in Lahore. And though his triple-century came at home on a flat track, the innings began under pressure when Younis, eschewing the nightwatchman, stepped out himself in the dying moments of the second day with Pakistan staring at a huge Sri Lankan total.

Unsurprisingly for a rearguard specialist, Younis has emerged a master of the fourth innings. Among players with 1000 or more fourth-innings Test runs, his average is among the highest. Along with these accomplishments, Younis’s career has also seen turmoil. Inability to control infighting within the team and display tact with the PCB led to him losing the captaincy in late 2009, and he effected a moody refusal when circumstances changed and it was offered again. His nature is to be inward-looking and intensely focused, quietly fighting his way through. While this makes for a reclusive personality that shuns the media and runs afoul of officialdom, it has also been the source of Younis’s batting strength and his extraordinary resilience as a cricketer.      

Career Timeline

This section highlights the key events that have taken place in Younis Khan’s professional cricketing career so far.

– February 13, 2000
Promising ODI debut

Makes his international debut for Pakistan at the age of 22 against Sri Lanka. Coming in at No.7, he scores a quick 46 in a losing cause in Karachi.

– February 26, 2000

First Test, first century

Registers a hundred on Test debut in the same series, at home against Sri Lanka, becoming only the seventh Pakistani to reach three figures on Test debut. But even his 107 off 250 balls at No. 7 in the second innings in Rawalpindi can’t prevent a Pakistan loss.

– August 29, 2001
Super sub

Sets the record for the most number of catches by a substitute fielder in an innings. Snaps up Aminul Islam, Akram Khan, Naimur Rahman and Haibul Hossain during Bangladesh’s second innings of the Asian Test Championship match in Multan.

– July 18, 2004
Hurricane v Hong Kong

His maiden ODI century arrives against Hong Kong at the Asia Cup. Smashes eight fours and three sixes during his breezy 122-ball 144 at the SSC in Colombo, as Pakistan pile up 343, and eventually win by 168 runs.

– March 25, 2005
Two hundred in Bangalore

Seven Test centuries later, he finally reaches the 200-mark against India at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. His 267 includes thirty-two fours and a six, is the highest score by a visiting batsman in India at the time, and goes a long way in ensuring Pakistan’s 168-run win.

– May 26, 2005
The heat is on

Appointed stand-by captain, he gets into an altercation when Shahid Afridi shows his displeasure at being asked to open the batting in Pakistan’s first innings against West Indies in Barbados. Inzamam-ul-Haq joins in the argument and supposedly exchanges heated words with Younis before the other players intervene.

– August 4-8, 2006
Gigantic partnership in vain

Puts together 363 for the third wicket with Mohammad Yousuf against England at Headingley, but it’s in vain as Pakistan collapse in the second innings to lose by 167 runs. Younis scores 173, and the partnership becomes the highest in a lost match.

– September 29, 2006
Promoted to the top job

First appointed vice-captain earlier in 2005 before the tour to India, he is confirmed captain of Pakistan for the 2006-07 Champions Trophy, after the ICC slap a four-match ODI ban on Inzamam-ul-Haq. Five days later he publicly refuses to accept the captaincy, and Mohammad Yousuf is appointed the new leader. The final twist comes on October 7, when Dr Naseem Ashraf, the new head of the PCB, reinstates him as captain.

– April 13, 2007
No to captaincy

Turns down the chance to lead Pakistan after Inzamam-ul-Haq quits following the side’s early exit from the World Cup, citing continuing mental strain after the traumatic events during the tournament as the main factor in his decision. Shoaib Malik takes up the job instead.

– September 4, 2007
Three’s company

Known to bowl occasionally, manages his highest haul in any format with 3 for 18 against Kenya in a Twenty20 international in Nairobi.

– October 1-12, 2007
Twin hundreds in fourth innings

Scores fourth-innings centuries in successive Tests at home against South Africa. The first one, in Karachi, can’t save the game for Pakistan, but the second, in Lahore, helps achieve an honourabledraw.

– January 27, 2009
Taking over from Shoaib Malik

Nearly two years after he should’ve taken over, he finally becomes captain of Pakistan after the PCB, headed by Ijaz Butt, decides to relieve Shoaib Malik of his duties soon after one of Pakistan’s worse ODI defeats to Sri Lanka. His tenure begins with a two-Test series at home against Sri Lanka.

– February 23, 2009
Triple delight

Takes full advantage of a dead pitch at the National Stadium in Karachi and scores his maiden triple-century – the third by a Pakistan batsman. Batting for 706 minutes, he hits a patient 313 off 568 balls, comprising 27 fours and a six, and pushes Pakistan to safety against Sri Lanka. The triple century is also the 23rd in Tests and he becomes only the sixth Test captain to touch 300.

– June 21, 2009

Another Khan, another world title

In what was to later be his final act in Twenty20 internationals, he leads Pakistan to the 2009 World Twenty20 crown. Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final at Lord’s, and he uses cricket’s grandest stage to announce his retirement from Twenty20s.

– October 3, 2009
Dark clouds gather again

Drops a sitter off Grant Elliott, at a crucial moment in the 2009 Champions Trophy semi-final against New Zealand in Johannesburg. Pakistan are ejected out of the competition, as match-fixing rumourssurface.

– October 13, 2009
Resignation follows

Hands in resignation as captain to the PCB, following days of increasing rumour and speculation surrounding Pakistan’s exit from the Champions Trophy in South Africa. The board rejects the resignation, but he cites dissent within the team and takes a temporary break from international cricket. Opts out of the tours of New Zealand and Australia that follow, putting Mohammad Yousuf in charge of the team.

– March 10, 2010
Banned from all teams

In the aftermath of the disastrous Australia tour where he played in the ODIs, Younis is banned by the PCB from all Pakistan teams, for causing infighting within the team, in effect ending his career.

– Nov 12, 2010
King Khan returns

Younis Khan reminded Pakistan just what they had been missing as his 17th Test hundred guided them to safety on the final day in Dubai. Together with another returnee, the new captain Misbah-ul-Haq, the pair combined to defy South Africa for 57 overs, sharing an unbroken stand of 186 to pull off a result which looked unlikely after Pakistan conceded a 132 first-innings deficit.

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Dec 19, 2014 Younis Khan becomes oldest Pakistani to score an ODI century
Dec 16, 2014 Pakistan in no mood to play after Peshawar incident, says Younis Khan
Dec 12, 2014 Younis Khan included in Vaughan’s current best players
Dec 08, 2014 A country for old men
Dec 07, 2014 Younis and Gul experience is crucial for Pakistan
Dec 03, 2014 Younis aspires to play like Inzamam and Miandad
   
 
 
 
 Test Centuries
Nov 09, 2014 100* vs New Zealand in Abu Dhabi 
Oct 30, 2014 213 vs Australia in Abu Dhabi
Oct 25, 2014 103* vs Australia in Dubai
Oct 22, 2014 106 vs Australia in Dubai
Aug 06, 2014 177 vs Sri Lanka in Galle
Dec 31, 2013 136 vs Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi
Sep 03, 2013 200* vs Zimbabwe in Harare
Feb 14, 2013 111 vs South Africa in Cape Town
Feb 03, 2012 127 vs England in Dubai
Dec 09, 2011 200* vs Bangladesh in Chittagong
Nov 03, 2011 122 vs Sri Lanka in Sharjah
Nov 12, 2010 131* vs South Africa in Dubai
Feb 21, 2009 313 vs Sri Lanka in Karachi
Nov 30, 2007 107* vs India in Kolkata
Oct 08, 2007 130 vs South Africa in Lahore
Oct 01, 2007 126 vs South Africa in Karachi
Aug 04, 2006 173 vs England in Leeds
Jan 21, 2006 194 vs India in Faisalabad
Jan 13, 2006 199 vs India in Lahore
Jun 03, 2005 106 vs West Indies in Kingston
Mar 24, 2005 267 vs India in Banglore
Mar 16, 2005 147 vs India in Kolkata
Oct 28, 2004 124 vs Sri Lanka in Karachi
Feb 07, 2002 153 vs West Indies in Sharjah
Jun 16, 2002 119 vs Bangladesh in Chittagong
Mar 08, 2001 149* vs New Zealand in Aukland
Jun 21, 2000 116 vs Sri Lanka in Galle
Feb 26, 2000 107 vs Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi
 

 

ODI Centuries

Dec 17, 2014 103 (117) vs New Zealand in Abu Dhabi
Nov 16, 2008 101 (119) vs West Indies in Abu Dhabi
Jul 02, 2008 123 (117) vs India in Karachi
Jun 14, 2008 108 (99) vs India in Dhaka
Nov 08, 2007 117 (110) vs India in Mohali
Sep 05, 2006 101 (109) vs England in Southampton
Jul 18, 2004 144 (122) vs Hong Kong in Colombo

 

TO BE CONTINUE........